$54,000
Rolex Ref. 6265 Cosmograph Rolex, Oyster, Cosmograph, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 6265/6263. Made circa 1985. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, yellow gold bezel with tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate (now void), instruction booklet and a service invoice from Rolex Japan dated April 23, 2004. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 200 units per hour. Bicolor champagne and black with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 727, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-12-09